• About us
  • People
  • Expertise
    • Sectors
        • Technology, media & communications Technology, media & communications
        • Private Wealth Private wealth
        • Real estate, infrastructure & energy
        • Life sciences & healthcare icon Life sciences & healthcare
        • Aerospace & defence
        • Automotive & mobility
        • Business & professional services
        • Chemicals
        • Consumer & retail
        • Financial institutions & insurance
        • Hotels, hospitality & leisure
        • Logistics & transport
        • Manufacturing & industrials
        • Public services & education
    • Legal services
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Banking & finance
        • Brands & advertising
        • Commercial & consumer contracts
        • Competition, EU & trade
        • Copyright & media law
        • Corporate crime & compliance
        • Corporate/M&A & capital markets
        • Data & cyber
        • Deals
        • Disputes & investigations
        • Employment, pensions & mobility
        • Environmental, planning & regulatory
        • Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
        • Intellectual property
        • Information technology
        • Multi-service
        • Patents & innovation
        • Private client
        • Private equity
        • Projects, energy & infrastructure
        • Real estate & construction
        • Regulation
        • Restructuring & insolvency
  • Locations
    • Europe
        • Locations
        • Austria
        • Belgium
        • Czech Republic
        • France
        • Germany
        • Hungary
        • Italy
        • Netherlands
        • Poland
        • Portugal
        • Ireland
        • Slovakia
        • Spain
        • United Kingdom
        • Ukraine
          Groups & regions
        • CEE Turkish Desk
        • French German group
        • Our offices
    • Middle East & Africa
        • Locations
        • Middle East
        • UAE
          Groups
        • Africa group
        • Israel group
        • Our offices
    • Americas
        • Locations
        • Latin America
        • USA
          Groups
        • Brazil group
        • Our offices
    • Asia
        • Locations
        • Asia
        • China
        • South Korea
          Groups
        • India group
        • Japan group
        • Our offices
  • Insights
    • Insights
        • Featured Topics
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Data Centre Expertise
        • The EU Whistleblower Directive
        • German Supply Chain Act
        • Unified Patent Court
          Content hub
        • Global Data Hub
        • Interface: tech, IP and media law
        • Podcasts
        • Synapse
        • Browse all insights
    • In focus
        • AI
        • Dealonomics
        • Disputes
        • Intellectual property
        • MENA
        • Regulation
        • Browse in focus
    • Events
        • In person
        • Online
        • Browse all events
    • News
        • Media centre
        • Work highlights
        • Firm news
        • Browse all news
  • Careers
  • EN
    • English
    • 中文(简体)
    • Français
    • Deutsch
  • Home
  • People
  • Richard Price
Richard Price
Richard Price

Richard Price

Senior Associate

  • London UK
Contact Me Today
+44 20 7300 7000
vCard
Email me Call me
Featured award

Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2025

Acquisition, SME: Sherweb Ireland Limited's acquisition of MicroWarehouse

Scroll to featured award

Richard is a technology lawyer specialising in M&A and venture capital, acting for global corporations, investors, spin-outs, start-ups and founder owned companies. 

Richard has experience of a broad range of corporate transactions, including M&A, venture capital, private equity, restructuring and general corporate advisory work. Richard regularly advises on cross-border transactions across jurisdictions such as the US, China, Japan, Hungary and Ireland.

Richard is particularly valued for his consideration of the complete picture in a transaction and to think creatively to deliver a solution that works both legally and commercially. In order to achieve this, Richard seeks to gain and maintain an insight into a client’s business, its drivers and its market.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Venture capital
Artificial intelligence
General corporate
Joint ventures
Exit strategies (venture capital)
Start-up advice
M&A

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Machine learning
Fintech
Software

CV

Since 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 – 2022 Associate, Marriott Harrison
2020 – 2021 Associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper
2018 – 2020 Trainee Solicitor, Penningtons Manches Cooper
2015 – 2018 Case Manager, Penningtons Manches Cooper
2018 Master of Laws, University of Law
2018 Legal Practice Course, University of Law
2014 Bachelor of Laws degree, Bournemouth University

Career

Since 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 – 2022 Associate, Marriott Harrison
2020 – 2021 Associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper
2018 – 2020 Trainee Solicitor, Penningtons Manches Cooper
2015 – 2018 Case Manager, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Education

2018 Master of Laws, University of Law
2018 Legal Practice Course, University of Law
2014 Bachelor of Laws degree, Bournemouth University

Awards

Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2025

Featured

Acquisition, SME: Sherweb Ireland Limited's acquisition of MicroWarehouse

Experience

Advising Behaviour Interactive on its acquisition of SockMonkey Studios

We have advised Behaviour™ Interactive, the largest Canadian video game studio, on its acquisition of SockMonkey Studios, an award-winning developer based in the United Kingdom.

Press release
Philip Shepherd
Paul Thorpe
Richard Price

Venture capital – company side

Advised a cloud-based SaaS provider on its $15 million series A investment led by a global investment firm

Richard Price

Venture capital – investor side

Advised on the acquisition of a leading SaaS provider of solutions for finance houses

Richard Price

Venture capital – investment funds

Advised EIS fund on its $10 million series A investment into next-generation retail platform

Richard Price

M&A – buy side

Advised plc on its run of strategic acquisitions and its pre-IPO group reorganisation

Richard Price

M&A – sell side

Advised on the sale of a SPV holding assets in excess of £150 million to Swiss private wealth fund

Richard Price

Richard's news & insights

View Richard's insights
View from below of forest trees
Click here to find out more
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Advising on the sale of Emitwise's technology platform

31 July 2025

by Philip Shepherd and Richard Price

Glass.Mapper.Sc.Fields.Image?.Alt
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Advising Grant Thornton UAE on its business combination with Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

24 April 2025

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Glass.Mapper.Sc.Fields.Image?.Alt
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Advising Sherweb on its acquisition of MicroWarehouse

12 December 2024

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
View Richard's insights

Related news & insights

Layers of contemporary financial skyscrapers
Banking & finance

EU Markets Integration & Supervision Package: Key Proposals

17 December 2025
In-depth analysis

by Miroslav Đurić, LL.M.

Click here to find out more
Financial services regulatory

A quantum computing leap for financial services?

17 December 2025
Quick read

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Tunnel with vanishing point and neon lights
Disputes & investigations

When the evidence thinks for itself: how will the courts keep AI-generated evidence in check?

12 December 2025
Briefing

by Helen Robinson and Andrew Spencer

Click here to find out more
Lights on network server
Technology, media & communications

Data and cyber security - 2025 roundup

11 December 2025

by Debbie Heywood

Click here to find out more
Multicolored credit cards close-up
Financial services regulatory

Financial Services Matters - December 2025

11 December 2025
In-depth analysis

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Interior of data centre
Technology, media & communications

Radar roundup 2025

11 December 2025

by Debbie Heywood

Click here to find out more
Escalator
Consumer & retail

Consumer and Retail in the News

11 December 2025
Quick read

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Skyline view of traffic
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Advising EpilepsyGTx on its US$33 million Series A financing

10 December 2025

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Interior of data centre
Data Centre Expertise

Virtual reality – meeting the data centre challenges

8 December 2025

by Alan Evans and Laura Stechno

Click here to find out more
Tomato
Consumer & retail

Consumer and Retail in the News

5 December 2025
Quick read

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
View all insights

Related people

UK
Global
Jack Turner

Jack Turner

Associate

London
San Francisco
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Mark Barron

Mark Barron

Partner

London
San Francisco
+44 20 7300 4241
Email me
View profile
Nicholas Crossland

Nicholas Crossland

Senior Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile

Debbie Heywood

Senior Counsel – Knowledge

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
James Homan

James Homan

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4124
Email me
View profile
Dillan Madhani

Dillan Madhani

Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Male silhouette

Peter Kempe

Consultant

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Lorraine Smith

Lorraine Smith

Senior Knowledge Lawyer

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Katie Chandler

Katie Chandler

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4163
Email me
View profile
Claire Matthews

Claire Matthews

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 7023
Email me
View profile
Full team
Olav Nemling

Olav Nemling

Partner

Warsaw
+48 22 5849740
Email me
View profile
Harry Ruffell

Harry Ruffell

Senior Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Kai Schlender

Kai Kim (né Schlender), M.A.

Salary Partner

Shanghai
+86 21 6247 7247
Email me
View profile
Oli Denne

Oli Denne

Senior Associate

Cambridge
+44 1223 446 400
Email me
View profile
Jasmin Bechthold

Jasmin Bechtold

Associate

Berlin
+49 30 885636 0
Email me
View profile
Natalie Koch

Nathalie Koch, LL.M. (UC Hastings)

Senior Associate

Berlin
San Francisco
+49 30 885636 0
Email me
View profile
Dániel Ódor

Dániel Ódor, MRICS

Partner

Budapest
+36 1 32 70 407
Email me
View profile

Jo Joyce

Partner

Dublin
+353 87 787 0901
Email me
View profile
Jan Rataj

Jan Rataj

Counsel

Prague
+420 224 81 92 16
Email me
View profile

Dr. Philipp Behrendt, LL.M. (UNSW)

Partner

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Full team

Meet me at

There are no upcoming events

See all events
Subscribe to our latest insights
  • About us
  • Campaigns and online tools
  • News
  • People
  • Expertise
  • Locations
  • Insights
  • Events
  • Media centre
  • Contact
  • Careers
  • Alumni
  • Data protection & privacy policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Legal and regulatory information
  • Regulatory information on costs
  • Complaints procedure for clients
  • Terms of use
  • Anti-slavery statement
  • Environmental
  • Scam emails

© Taylor Wessing